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Groves, Michael
Current rating: 1699

Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 (modern) starting rating: 1560
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3modern 365 Browne, Christian (1534) Won 2-1 +171577
4modern 51 Darras, Alexandre (1652) Lost 0-2 -161561
5modern 262 Van De Gevel, Axel (1454) Lost 0-2 -201541
6modern 319 Burgin, Reto (1453) Won 2-1 +161557
7modern 170 Freitag, Joachim (1679) Won 2-0 +201577
8modern 97 Murphy, Tadhg (1658) Won 2-1 +201597
9modern 54 Pichon, Elie (1706) Won 2-0 +201617
10modern 53 Calero, Antonio (1519) Won 2-0 +161633
11modern 48 Ward, Peter (1776) Won 2-0 +201653
12modern 20 Tuominen, Tuomas (1790) Won 2-0 +211674
13modern 15 Brown, Matt [ENG] (1666) Won 2-1 +181692
14modern 180 Christensen, Oscar (1905) Lost 0-2 -141678
15modern 13 Burchett, Autumn (1862) Won 2-1 +211699
top average opponent: 1666record: 10-3 new rating: 1699

Pro Tour Fate Reforged (modern) starting rating: 1561
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1draft 120 Doshi, Vishvas (1749) Won 2-1 +211582
2draft 177 Sucic, Stjepan (1929) Lost 0-2 -121570
3draft 129 Fehr, Christian (1762) Won 2-1 +221592
4modern 48 Jensen, William (2124) Lost 1-2 -91583
5modern 68 Friedman, Ben (1895) Won 2-0 +231606
6modern 72 Kazanskis, Viktors (1637) Lost 1-2 -171589
7modern 72 Cox, Patrick (1732) Lost 0-2 -161573
8modern 105 Weitz, Benjamin (1819) Lost 1-2 -131560
top average opponent: 1831record: 3-5 new rating: 1560

Pro Tour Yokohama 2007 (Time Spiral block) starting rating: 1550
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 46 Kandebo, James (1530) Lost 0-2 -181532
2block 89 Lybaert, Marijn (1975) Lost 1-2 -111521
3block 160 Gorman, Vivian (1469) Won 2-1 +171538
4block 88 Padilla Chinas, Jorge (1495) Won 2-0 +171555
5block 60 Klipphan, Axel (1520) Won 2-1 +181573
6block 39 Takagi, Yui (1565) Won 2-0 +181591
7block 39 Oberg, Kenny (1691) Lost 1-2 -171574
8block 79 Chang, Chih-Hsiang (1813) Lost 0-2 -131561
top average opponent: 1632record: 4-4 new rating: 1561

Grand Prix Cardiff 2006 (GPT limited) starting rating: 1563
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2sealed 31 Ronaldson, Luke (1635) Won 0-0 +191582
3sealed 18 Kajala, Jussi (1536) Won 2-0 +181600
4sealed 14 Wright, Stuart (1856) Lost 0-2 -141586
5sealed 27 Stokes, Sam (1535) Lost 1-2 -191567
6sealed 95 Rossiter, Christopher (1604) Lost 1-2 -171550
top average opponent: 1633record: 2-3 new rating: 1550

Pro Tour Los Angeles 2005 (extended) starting rating: 1550
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 161 Saito, Tomoharu (1833) Lost 0-2 -131537
2extended 117 Coqueiro, Rafael S (1536) Lost 0-2 -181519
3extended 156 Andersen, Oyvind Wefald (1494) Won 2-0 +181537
4extended 117 Gates, James (1481) Lost 1-2 -191518
5extended 120 Mueller, Andre (1656) Won 2-1 +201538
6extended 119 Nakajima, Chikara (1608) Won 2-1 +201558
7extended 77 Eigner, Nikolaus (1966) Lost 1-2 -111547
8extended 92 Rahamim, Avri (1460) Won 2-0 +161563
top average opponent: 1629record: 4-4 new rating: 1563

Grand Prix Nottingham 2005 (RAV limited) starting rating: 1612
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1sealed 178 Brundler, Alex (1472) Lost 0-2 -211591
2sealed 148 Hesseln, Stefan (1538) Lost 1-2 -191572
3sealed 225 Penman, Douglas (1349) Lost 0-2 -221550
top average opponent: 1453record: 0-3 new rating: 1550

Grand Prix Eindhoven 2005 (extended) starting rating: 1585
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2extended 161 Ta, Luc (1609) Lost 1-2 -181567
3extended 186 Muller, Ruud (1500) Won 2-1 +171584
4extended 224 Barker, Edward (1518) Won 2-0 +171601
5extended 64 Trobia, Federico (1587) Lost 0-2 -181583
6extended 242 Golm, Martin (1503) Won 2-1 +161599
7extended 176 Schaefer, Clemens (1429) Won 2-1 +151614
8extended 56 Fyssas, Antonis (1526) Lost 0-2 -191595
9extended 104 Dushkevich, Artem (1557) Won 2-1 +171612
top average opponent: 1529record: 5-3 new rating: 1612

Grand Prix Birmingham 2004 (DST limited) starting rating: 1548
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
3sealed 42 Shinkins, Stewart (1798) Won 2-1 +221570
4sealed 33 Blech, Reinhard (1903) Lost 0-2 -121558
5sealed 66 Rigby, Neil (1570) Won 2-0 +181576
6sealed 35 Graham, Paul (1446) Won 2-0 +161592
7sealed 11 Johnson, Bill [ENG] (1452) Won 2-0 +161608
8sealed 16 Unfried, Jorg (1803) Draw 1-1 +31611
9draft 23 Jedlicka, Stefan (1742) Lost 0-2 -161595
10draft 31 Jenkins, Dan (1471) Won 2-0 +161611
11draft 23 Hay, Tom (1699) Won 2-0 +201631
12draft 4 Lemoine, Vincent (1757) Lost 0-2 -161615
13draft 19 Ruel, Antoine (2016) Lost 1-2 -111604
14draft 3 Dang, Martin (1546) Lost 0-2 -191585
top average opponent: 1684record: 6-5-1 new rating: 1585

Pro Tour New Orleans 2003 (extended) starting rating: 1565
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1extended 86 Juza, Martin (1537) Won 2-0 +171582
2extended 77 Reeves, Neil (1732) Lost 0-2 -151567
3extended 65 Spring, Timothy (1500) Won 2-1 +171584
4extended 29 Moretto, Giuliano (1563) Won 2-1 +171601
5extended 19 Lopez Tercero, Josue (1549) Lost 0-2 -191582
6extended 56 Morishita, Taiki (1513) Won 2-1 +171599
7extended 39 Scott, Stephen (1546) Won 2-1 +171616
8extended 18 Schneiders, Felix (1717) Lost 0-2 -161600
9extended 35 Fujita, Osamu (1914) Lost 1-2 -121588
10extended 48 Krempels, Craig (1829) Won 2-1 +221610
11extended 33 Walamies, Tomi (1968) Lost 0-2 -121598
12extended 50 Kibler, Brian (1989) Lost 0-2 -111587
13extended 50 Froehlich, Eric (1680) Lost 0-2 -161571
14extended 50 Dick, Alexander (1379) Lost 0-2 -221549
15extended 50 Khare, Anand (1454) Won 2-1 +161565
16extended 46 Focherini, Roberto (1595) Lost 1-2 -171548
top average opponent: 1654record: 7-9 new rating: 1548

Grand Prix London 2003 (Onslaught block) starting rating: 1509
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 42 Gruber, Tobias (1715) Won 2-0 +221531
3block 60 Pearce, Darius (1519) Lost 1-2 -191512
4block 117 Bittner, Jacques (1589) Won 2-1 +201532
5block 104 Puleo, Raphael (1456) Won 2-1 +161548
6block 64 vanden Bossche, David (1562) Won 2-1 +191567
7block 20 Zapata, Sebastien (1503) Lost 0-2 -191548
8block 47 Pizzey, Lian (1501) Won 2-0 +171565
top average opponent: 1549record: 5-2 new rating: 1565

2003 World Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1406
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 9 Sonne, Jonathan (1722) Lost 1-2 -121394
2standard 58 Cuomo, Dario (1581) Lost 0-2 -151379
3standard 127 Sigurdsson, Arni (1399) Won 2-1 +181397
4standard 35 Estefan, Jorge (1497) Lost 1-2 -161381
5standard 92 Lowe, Bruce (1468) Won 2-1 +201401
6standard 109 Cleemann, Jonas (1701) Lost 0-2 -131388
7rochester 60 Cuomo, Dario (1565) Lost 1-2 -151373
8rochester 98 Jorstedt, Mattias (1881) Won 2-1 +271400
9rochester 112 Perez Paez, Oscar (1585) Won 2-1 +211421
10rochester 71 Zatlkaj, Matej (1697) Won 2-1 +231444
11rochester 44 Luhrs, Christian (1817) Lost 0-2 -111433
12rochester 104 Elfgren, Bertil (1496) Won 2-1 +191452
13extended 70 Kludka, Petr (1525) Won 2-0 +191471
14extended 142 Schneider, Justin (1871) Lost 0-2 -111460
15extended 21 Bakopoulos, Alex (1647) Won 2-1 +211481
16extended 116 Chan, Tiago (1732) Won 2-1 +231504
17extended 104 Gardos, Gergely (1558) Lost 0-2 -171487
18extended 68 Zatlkaj, Matej (1716) Won 2-0 +221509
top average opponent: 1637record: 10-8 new rating: 1509

2003 European Championship (mixed) starting rating: 1449
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1standard 78 Cavaglieri, William (1566) Won 2-0 +201469
2standard 20 Ruel, Olivier (1675) Lost 0-2 -141455
3standard 44 Luini, Paolo (1493) Lost 0-2 -171438
4rochester 14 Fries, Stefan (1646) Won 2-1 +221460
5rochester 39 Jedlicka, Stefan (1834) Lost 0-2 -121448
6rochester 36 Major, Mike (1569) Lost 0-2 -161432
7rochester 114 McIntyre, Graeme (1463) Lost 1-2 -171415
8rochester 17 Fitzgerald, Sean M (1429) Lost 0-2 -181397
9rochester 45 Littler, Adrian (1439) Won 2-1 +191416
10rochester 103 Johansen, Thomas (1565) Lost 1-2 -151401
11standard 93 Kimchi, Baruchi (1413) Lost 0-2 -181383
12standard 91 van de Logt, Tom (1703) Won 2-0 +231406
13standard 79 Sigurdsson, Arni (1426) Won 2-0 +191425
14standard 71 Veale, Lyndon (1388) Lost 1-2 -191406
top average opponent: 1544record: 5-9 new rating: 1406

Grand Prix London 2002 (Odyssey block) starting rating: 1464
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
2block 72 Haffenden, Stuart (1504) Won 2-0 +181482
3block 74 Coimbra, Miguel (1534) Lost 0-2 -171465
4block 145 Degrou, Loic (1538) Lost 1-2 -161449
5block 219 Costa, Frederico (1479) Won 2-1 +181467
6block 160 Helin, Kristoffer (1474) Lost 0-2 -181449
top average opponent: 1506record: 2-3 new rating: 1449

Grand Prix London 2001 (Invasion block) starting rating: 1500
round table opponent (rating) result Δrating
1block 137 Murphy, Lee (1483) Lost 0-2 -181482
2block 188 Williams, Philip (1482) Lost 0-2 -181464
top average opponent: 1482record: 0-2 new rating: 1464